Some links to Q-related items today
Were the trading cards not bringing in enough cash?
"Was this just another brilliant Trump fund-raising grift?" asks @sbg1. After claiming he would be arrested, Trump's barrage of emails helped bring in $1.5 million over 3 days, twice as much as he was averaging before he hit the prosecutorial panic button. https://t.co/Or5raKTNL8
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) March 24, 2023
No arrest yet, but already consequences
New and exclusive from me + @jonathan4ny + @ryanjreilly:
We spent the week working with extremism researchers, who warned Alvin Bragg was being targeted with threats to “take him out” on pro-Trump forums.
Bragg just received a letter with white powder.https://t.co/pjNIehng11
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) March 24, 2023
A man said he travelled from Louisiana to NYC to protest “the witch-hunt” against “our President, Donald Trump.” pic.twitter.com/RmfvkZPL4S
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) March 24, 2023
Some reality for the “double” doofuses
Facial features of the same person might appear to be different between two photos if the photos were captured with different lens focal lengths. https://t.co/sXB2XomY3Z pic.twitter.com/AbKdjX83q0
— Travis View (@travis_view) March 25, 2023
this is already a real argument that conspiracy theorists actually have amongst each other. many people believe that outer space, as most of us understand it, is a fabrication of the government—typically for the purpose of undermining the truth of biblical cosmology https://t.co/YF9MSwyhYo
— allie mezei (@pinealdecalcify) March 25, 2023
Michael Flynn is now peddling Ivermectin as a “cure” for being vaccinated for COVID. pic.twitter.com/WSoMty8DBI
— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) March 25, 2023
Meanwhile, at Twitter
So Twitter Blue accounts are given algorithmic priority (“rocket to the top”) in replies and we won’t know why some rando account is at the top of replies if they hide their ✔️
Gaming visibility in threads has been a trolling tactic forever, but now it’s built in by design. https://t.co/Y28FH4bTc5
— Erin Gallagher (@3r1nG) March 24, 2023
Looking for some background on the QAnon movement? We recommend Travis View’s excellent article at New York magazine as a place to start.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on March 25, 2023 at 08:00
